Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Oil & Gas Producers and General Industrial sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Prudential PLC (LON:PRU), which rose 3.03% or 50.50 points to trade at 1715.00 at the close. Unilever PLC (LON:ULVR) added 1.32% or 52.50 points to end at 4042.00 and Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF) was up 1.28% or 4.30 points to 341.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pearson PLC (LON:PSON), which lost 2.90% or 19.50 points to trade at 652.50 in late trade. Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LON:RBS) declined 2.53% or 6.10 points to end at 235.20 and Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS) shed 2.16% or 7.30 points to 330.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1141 to 797 and 429 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.05% or 0.55 to $1203.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.78% or 0.86 to hit $47.54 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.32% or 0.68 to trade at $50.67 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.43% to 1.2165, while EUR/GBP rose 0.25% to 0.8740.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 101.40.